PRODUCTION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN EAST GERMANY

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CIA-RDP80-00810A007500890008-7
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
Document Creation Date: 
December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 3, 2008
Sequence Number: 
8
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Publication Date: 
August 11, 1955
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/06/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007500890008-7 CENTRAL LN Li:JL44s ZT7_ C AG"1 C d INFORMATION REPORT This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel- ation of which in any manner to an unauthorized COUNTRY East Germany SUBJECT Production of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus in nanny DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES 25X1 k1i REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES IHE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute utilizes the island of Oie as'a virus- production station for Type C foot and mouth disease virus. The virus is transported to Insel Rims for processing into vaccine at the Friedrich 'Z ? er Institutes 2. Foot and mouth disease virus is produced at two other locations in the DDR. One is at-the Friedrich Loeffl Institute itself and the other is at a ?laughterbbuse in East Berlin W- 1. Comment. Each of the three separate virus-production stations probably i 25X1 rus produce only one of the three major types of foot and mouth disease v to prevent cross-contamination of virus types. ;25X1 NAVV~ .. _~_ AIR _FX M I Approved For Release 2008/06/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007500890008-7